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Part 2 Strategic Travel Corridors
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Western Gateway Sub-national Transport Body Regional Evidence Base & MRN / LLM Scheme Priorities – July 2019 11.0 The role of Strategic Corridors Introduction
11.1 A strategic travel corridor links important and significant destinations such as major urban areas or international ports. With the Western Gateway’s mix of densely populated urban areas and relatively sparsely populated, less well connected areas, the Western Gateway STB is amongst one of the prime candidates for transport corridor improvements as these will help achieve a wide range of local, regional and national objectives, not least the ‘rebalancing of the economy’ objectives set out by the UK Government.
11.2 Transport corridors (and transport in general) are fundamentally important for a number of reasons:
They facilitate a range of economic benefits, including the ability to unlock large housing developments and employment sites; When operating without significant delays and congestion, they facilitate improvements in productivity (GVA per worker, GVA per hour worked, etc.) by effectively bringing workers and employment opportunities closer together – corridor improvements therefore create a virtuous circle whereby workers having access to a greater range of employment opportunities whilst employers have greater access to a more diverse pool of labour. When this happens due to improved corridor connectivity, for example, workers will be able to produce more GDP per head; and They facilitate additional benefits associated with access to major gateways (such as ports) and enhancements to other sectors of the economy, such as the tourism sector.
11.3 15 strategic corridors have been identified which either traverse multiple authorities within the Gateway area or provide strategic linkages to neighbouring areas from which the Gateway area benefits. These have been prioritised on the basis of perceived benefits to the Western Gateway economy from enhanced connectivity. They were identified by reviewing the emerging trends outlined in the Story of Place section of the emerging REB. Figure 11.1 provides a diagrammatic impression of the 15 Strategic Corridors.
11.4 To inform the production of the Strategic Transport Plan it is the intention for each corridor to benefit from its individual multi-modal corridor study.
11.5 Each corridor study will consider strategic connectivity at a Sub-national level. This enables the full journey to be accounted for instead of sections of the journey linked to each local authority’s administrative boundaries. The outcome will be a sequenced list of investment priorities.
11.6 Figure 11.2 identifies the 15 strategic travel corridors and describes the destinations they serve.
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Figure 11.1 – Diagrammatic impression of the 15 Strategic Corridors
Figure 11.2 – Summary of Strategic Travel Corridors
Corridor ID Main Destinations served Primary transport assets A London Highway Reading M4 (M48 & M49) Swindon Network Rail Regions Chippenham Western Bath Wales Bristol Newport Cardiff B Birmingham Highway Worcester • M5 Cheltenham Network Rail Region Gloucester • Western Filton Bristol Weston-Super-Mare Taunton Exeter C Malmesbury Highway Chippenham A350 Bath Network Rail Region Melksham • Western Trowbridge
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Westbury Warminster Blandford Forum Gillingham Shaftesbury Poole Bournemouth D Bath Highway Trowbridge A46 / A36 Westbury Network Rail Region Warminster Western Salisbury Wessex Southampton E Tewkesbury Highway Evesham A46 (Midlands) Stratford-upon-Avon Royal Leamington-Spa Coventry Leicester F Oxford Highway Cheltenham A40 Gloucester Network Rail Regions Monmouth Western London North Western G Swindon Highway Cirencester A419 / A417 / A40 / A48 Cheltenham Network Rail Regions Gloucester Western Chepstow Wales H Gloucester Highway Stonehouse A38/A370 Thornbury Network Rail Regions Filton Western Bristol Bristol Airport Weston-Super-Mare Bridgwater I Bristol Highway Yate Key routes that serve the West of Chipping Sodbury England Thornbury Network Rail Region Emersons Green Western Keynsham Avonmouth Long Ashton Filton J Chippenham Highway Bath A4 Keynsham Network Rail Region Bristol Western Avonmouth
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K Bristol Highway Shepton Mallet A37 / A354 Yeovil Network Rail Regions Dorchester Western Weymouth Wessex Portland L Basingstoke Highway Andover A303 Amesbury Network Rail Regions Westbury Western Salisbury Wessex Yeovil Exeter M Amesbury Highway Porton A338 / A354 Salisbury Blandford Forum Dorchester Weymouth Portland N Southampton Highway Christchurch A31 / A35 Bournemouth Network Rail Region Poole Wessex Dorchester Weymouth Portland Exeter O Christchurch Highway Bournemouth Key routes that serve the Bournemouth, Wimborne/Ferndown Christchurch and Poole area Poole Network Rail Region Wessex
11.7 Of the 15 strategic corridors 10 will require discussions with neighbouring Sub-national Transport Bodies. Figure 10.3 identifies those corridors where discussions will be required. Five of the corridors will require discussions with the Peninsula (B, H, K, L & N); three corridors will require discussions with Transport for the South East (A, C & N). Two corridors will need to be discussed with Midlands Connect (B & E), Wales (A & F) and England’s Economic Heartland (F & G). The number of discussions required with neighbouring areas highlights how well connected the Western Gateway area is and also underlines the importance of strategic partnership working.
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Figure 10.3 – Strategic Travel Corridors where discussions with neighbouring areas will be required
Corridor ID Where strategic discussions will be required with neighbouring areas A Wales England’s Economic Heartland Transport for the South East B Midlands Connect Peninsula Transport C Transport for the South East E Midlands Connect F England’s Economic Heartland G England’s Economic Heartland Wales H Peninsula Transport K Peninsula Transport L Peninsula Transport N Peninsula Transport Transport for the South East
11.8 In addition, discussions will be required with transport infrastructure providers and transport operators. Figure 10.4 illustrates the highway designations of the primary highway route for each corridor. Five of the corridors (Corridor A, B, E, L and N) form part of the Strategic Road Network and will require close working with Highways England. The other corridors require a mix of working relationships between local authorities (responsible for the Major Road Network and Local Network) in consultation with Highways England due to the potential impact of increased use of the Strategic Road Network.
11.9 Figure 10.5 illustrates the location of the corresponding rail lines that form part of the strategic corridors. In addition it also illustrates the level of demand at each station. Each local authority has aspirations to improve rail connectivity within the Gateway area. This will require close partnership working with Network Rail on future infrastructure improvements on the Western, Wessex and Wales routes. In addition, working with train operating companies (South Western Railway, Great Western Railway and Cross Country) and Transport for Wales will be essential to improve the frequency and quality of services provided through Rail Franchise renewals along with improved station facilities.
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Figure 10.4 – Highway designations within strategic corridors
Figure 10.5 – Rail Network within strategic corridors
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11.10 A high level summary of each of the 15 corridors is provided in the remainder of this section. The summary includes a set of metrics from the Western Gateway Economic Connectivity Study. Including:
Productivity impact; New employment GVA impact; and Housing (land value gain) impact.
A copy of this full report is included in Appendix A.
11.11 In addition each corridor includes a set of maps illustrating the following:
• Highway designations • Annual Average Daily Vehicle Flows from 20175 • Annual entry and exits recorded at rail stations in 2017/186
5 24 hour All Vehicle flow data used - Information accessed via https://roadtraffic.dft.gov.uk/ 6 Estimates of Station Usage 2017-18 - Publication Date: 11 December 2018 - www.orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/station-usage-estimates The estimates of station usage consist of the total numbers of people: 'Travelling from or to the station (entries and exits)
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Western Gateway Sub-national Transport Body Regional Evidence Base & MRN / LLM Scheme Priorities – July 2019 Corridor A - M4 and Western & Wales Network Rail Regions Summary
Main destinations London served: Reading Swindon Chippenham Bath Bristol Newport Cardiff Brief description: Part of the Strategic Road Network Great Western Mainline Links several strategic growth locations Removal of Severn Bridge Tolls in December 2019 has recorded an increase in vehicle flows Strategic Highways England Stakeholders: Network Rail Transport for the South East STB England’s Economic Heartland STB Transport for Wales Great Western Railway Port of Bristol Economic role: Highway capacity improvements are required to unlock employment land away from urban centres Corridor impacts Swindon-M4 Growth Zone Existing employment Bristol City Centre sites served Temple Meads Enterprise Zone Bath City centre Bath Enterprise Zone Avonmouth/Severnside Enterprise Area Royal Portbury Dock Emersons Green Enterprise Area Filton Enterprise Area Chippenham o Parsonage Way o Langley Park o Greenways Business Park o Methuen Park o Bumpers Farm Industrial Estate o Chippenham Gateway Marlborough - Marlborough Business Park Royal Wootton Bassett - Interface Industrial Estate Environmental Issues: North Wessex Downs ANOB Cotswold AONB M4 - Surface water flood risk near Junction 16 (Royal Wotton Bassett) & Junction 17 (Chippenham) Funded transport New M49 junction schemes Great Western Electrification Programme
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Known transport Junction improvements at Junction 17 to provide capacity to facilitate infrastructure deficits planned and future growth New motorway junction between M4 Junction 18 and Junction 19 (Junction ‘18a’), and an associated link road to the A4174 Ring Road Upgrade of Almonsbury Interchange linked to managing increased demand resulting from removal of Severn Crossing bridge tolls Planned growth Planned dwellings: Bristol (multiple sites) 16,200 Chippenham – 5,090 Royal Wootton Bassett 1,455 Malmesbury 1,395 Planned Strategic employment sites: Chippenham – 26.5 ha Royal Wootton Bassett – 5ha Productivity impact Total agglomeration gains (enhanced productivity or GDP per worker) all employment sectors: £614million
Labour supply impacts from more employees coming back into active work following corridor improvements: £2.4million Corridor ranking 3 out of 15
New employment Total additional direct employment: GVA impact 1,034 jobs
GVA per worker has been applied over a 10 year period: £311 million Corridor ranking 14 out of 15
Housing impact Land value gain: £63.9 million Corridor ranking 10 out of 15
Economic • Overall corridor sequencing of economic impacts – 9 out of 15 Connectivity overall corridor sequence
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Western Gateway Sub-national Transport Body Regional Evidence Base & MRN / LLM Scheme Priorities – July 2019 Corridor B - M5 and Western Network Rail Region Summary
Main destinations Birmingham served Worcester Cheltenham Gloucester Filton Bristol Weston-Super-Mare Taunton Exeter Brief description: Part of the Strategic Road Network Cross Country route Provides north-south connectivity Links several strategic growth locations Removal of Severn Bridge Tolls in December 2019 has recorded an increase in vehicle flows Strategic Highways England Stakeholders: Network Rail Midlands Connect Cross Country Trains Great Western Railway Port of Bristol Economic role: Highway capacity improvements are required to unlock employment land in close proximity to the M5 motorway Corridor forms part of Gloucestershire’s M5 Growth Zone – if not mitigated through sufficient capacity improvements this will increase the incidences of traffic queueing back on to the ‘main line’ of the motorway on a regular basis, especially at junctions 9, 10 and 11. Existing employment Bristol City Centre sites served Temple Meads Enterprise Zone South Bristol Weston-Super-Mare M5 Junction 21 Enterprise Area Avonmouth / Severnside Enterprise Area Royal Portbury Dock Bristol Airport Filton Enterprise Area Gloucester o City Centre o Barnwood Business Park o Brockworth Business Pak o Waterwells & Olympus Business Park Cheltenham o Town Centre o Kingsditch Trading Estate o West of Cheltenham Gloucestershire Airport – Staverton
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Stonehouse Tewkesbury & Ashchurch business parks Environmental Issues: Cotswold AONB Mendip Hills AONB Funded transport M5 J11 / A40 Cyber Park access – Cheltenham schemes A419 (M5 J13) corridor improvements – Stonehouse Known transport Capacity improvements are required at the following junctions to infrastructure deficits support planned growth: Junction 9 – linked to upgrade of A46 Ashchurch bypass Junction 10 – need for south facing slips to create an ‘all movements’ junction (forms part of an existing HIF bid) Junction 11a – linked to A417 Missing Link scheme Junction 12 –creation of circulatory Junction 14 – linked to opening up growth in the south of the county Junction 19 – linked to accessing international port Junction 21 – linked to attracting further investment and development at J21 Enterprise Area Smart motorway operation between junctions 9 to 11a
Rail improvements include: Signal upgrade at Worcester Shrub Hill Signal upgrade at Bristol East Signal upgrade at Gloucester station Passing loop at Ashchurch for Tewkesbury station MetroWest phase 2 service extension to Gloucester Planned growth Planned dwellings: Bristol (multiple sites) 16,200 Gloucester (multiple sites) 7,532 Cheltenham (multiple sites) 5,611 Weston-Super-Mare 5,000 North West Cheltenham 4,285 South Churchdown 1,100 West of Cheltenham 1,100
Planned Strategic employment sites: West Cheltenham - 45ha North West Cheltenham 23.4ha West of Stonehouse - 10 ha Productivity impact Total agglomeration gains (enhanced productivity or GDP per worker) all employment sectors: £772million
Labour supply impacts from more employees coming back into active work following corridor improvements: £4.1million Corridor ranking 2 out of 15
New employment Total additional direct employment: GVA impact 4,193jobs
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GVA per worker has been applied over a 10 year period: £1.3 billion Corridor ranking 3 out of 15
Housing impact Land value gain: £207.1 million Corridor ranking 1 out of 15
Economic • Overall corridor sequencing of economic impacts – 1 out of 15 Connectivity overall corridor sequence
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Western Gateway Sub-national Transport Body Regional Evidence Base & MRN / LLM Scheme Priorities – July 2019 Corridor C - A350 and Western Network Rail Region Summary
Main destinations Malmesbury served: Chippenham Bath Corsham Melksham Trowbridge Westbury Warminster Blandford Forum Gillingham Shaftesbury Poole Bournemouth
Brief description: Part of the Major Road Network between M4 and A36 – the remainder is local highway Provides north-south connectivity Links several strategic growth locations Connectivity is poor on the north – south axis within the ‘Wessex’ area Strategic Highways England Stakeholders: Network Rail Great Western Railway Economic role: A ‘South of England North-South Connectivity: Economic Study’ (October 2017) which has identified £20.5 billion of wider (agglomeration) impacts over 60 years if journey times were better on both the A36 and A350 corridors. Dorset LEP focus on improved connectivity to M4 corridor (Bristol) Deliver the significant growth planned for the Swindon and Wiltshire LEP’s A350 Growth Zone Existing employment Chippenham sites served o Parsonage Way o Langley Park o Greenways Business Park o Methuen Park o Bumpers Farm Industrial Estate o Chippenham Gateway Trowbridge o White Horse Business Park o Canal Road Industrial Estate Calne - Porte Marsh Industrial Estate Corsham o Basil Hill (MOD Corsham) o Spring Park, o Fiveways Trading Estate o Leafield Industrial Estate Devizes o Hopton Park
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o Nursteed Road Malmesbury/Hullavington - Dyson Site Melksham o Bowerhill Industrial Estate o Hampton Business Park Warminster o Warminster Business Park o Crusader Park Westbury o Hawke Ridge Business Park o West Wiltshire Trading Estate o Northacre Trading Estate Environmental Issues: World Heritage Site Bath & Clean Air Zone Cotswold AONB Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs AONB Dorset AONB A350 - Surface water risk near Yarnbrook, north of Westbury, Semley and East Knoyle. Groundwater flood risk throughout Melksham and Warminster Calne AQMA (including section of A4) Devizes AQMA (including section of A361) Westbury AQMA (including section of A350) Funded transport A350 Chippenham Bypass Dualling (Badger ‐ Brook and Chequers) schemes A350 Farmers Roundabout Improvement, Melksham A350 Yarnbrook / West Ashton Relief Road Chippenham Station Masterplan Chippenham Transport Strategy (part) Trowbridge Transport Strategy (part) Gillingham Growth package Known transport Existing A350 corridor not fit for purpose as strategic link between M4 infrastructure deficits and south coast ports, causing additional cost and delays for businesses. Capacity improvements are required at the following junctions to support planned growth: A350 Chippenham Bypass: remaining schemes (phases 4 and 5) to improve journey time reliability and to help facilitate economic and development growth (possible MRN priority scheme). A350 at Melksham Bypass (Beanacre): high peak time journey times which are forecast to increase as a result of planned growth along the corridor (SOBC developed December 2017) A350 at Yarnbrook / West Ashton, Trowbridge. A350 at Westbury: a long standing traffic and environmental issue caused by the A350 going through the centre of Westbury. Capacity improvements to the single rail track through Melksham to support further frequency service enhancements to the Trans Wilts train service Shaftesbury to Blandford issues; The A350 between Shaftesbury and Blandford is tortuous passing through 10 villages with frequent narrow sections requiring HGVs to give and take and slow journey times.
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On the parallel C13 there are land stabilisation issues and a very significant pinch point at Melbury Abbas. Planned growth Planned dwellings: Trowbridge – 6,975 Chippenham – 5,090 Devizes 2,500 Melksham 2,370 Gillingham 2,200 Warminster 2,060 Westbury 1,615 Calne 1,605 Corsham 1,395 Malmesbury 1,395 Shaftsbury 1,140
Planned Strategic employment sites: Chippenham – 26.5 ha Trowbridge – 25ha Westbury – 18.5ha Calne – 12ha Devizes – 9.9ha Shaftesbury – 7 ha Corsham – 6ha Melksham – 6ha Warminster – 6ha Malmesbury – 5ha Sturminster Newton – 5 ha Productivity impact Total agglomeration gains (enhanced productivity or GDP per worker) all employment sectors: £351 million
Labour supply impacts from more employees coming back into active work following corridor improvements: £3.9 million Corridor ranking 6 out of 15
New employment Total additional direct employment: GVA impact 8,639 jobs GVA per worker has been applied over a 10 year period: £2.3 billion Corridor ranking 1 out of 15
Housing impact Land value gain: £156.2 million Corridor ranking 2 out of 15
Economic • Overall corridor sequencing of economic impacts – 2 out of 15 Connectivity overall corridor sequence
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Western Gateway Sub-national Transport Body Regional Evidence Base & MRN / LLM Scheme Priorities – July 2019 Corridor D - A46 / A36 and Western & Wessex Network Rail Regions Summary
Main destination Bath served: Trowbridge Westbury Warminster Salisbury Southampton Brief description: Part of the Strategic Road Network Wessex Mainline Provides links from M4 to M27 Links several strategic growth locations & ports on south coast Strategic Highways England Stakeholders: Transport for the South East Network Rail Great Western Railway & South Western Railway Economic role: A ‘South of England North-South Connectivity: Economic Study’ (October 2017) which has identified £20.5 billion of wider (agglomeration) impacts over 60 years if journey times were better on both the A36 and A350 corridors Overcrowding is commonplace on this rail route, the introduction of new trains on the Paddington-Bristol route& the cascaded diesel trains are is easing capacity problems There are highway capacity issues in Salisbury Existing employment Bath city centre sites served Bath Enterprise Zone Bristol City Centre Temple Meads Enterprise Zone South Bristol Salisbury o Churchfields Industrial Estate o Old Sarum o High Post/Chemring Trowbridge o White Horse Business Park & Canal Road Industrial Estate Warminster o Warminster Business Park o Crusader Park Westbury o Hawke Ridge Business Park o West Wiltshire Trading Estate o Northacre Trading Estate Environmental Issues: World Heritage Site Bath New Forest National Park Cotswold AONB, Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs AONB & Dorset AONB Surface water risk around Deptford interchange, Alderbury and Landford. Groundwater flood risk in area of Warminster and Salisbury. Salisbury has the highest risk of flooding
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Bradford on Avon AQMA (including section of A363) Salisbury AQMA (including A36 Churchill Way) & Wilton Road AQMA Westbury AQMA (including section of A350) Funded transport Trowbridge Transport Strategy (part) schemes Salisbury Transport Strategy (part) A36 Southampton Road, Salisbury options appraisal Known transport A36 at Salisbury: traffic delays and environmental impacts on infrastructure deficits approaches to Salisbury and at junctions within Salisbury area. Capacity improvements identified for: Four key junctions (Harnham Gyratory, Exeter Street Roundabout, College Roundabout and Park Wall junction) on the A338 and A3094 through Salisbury) (MRN priority scheme). Capacity improvements at Staverton, Trowbridge Planned growth Planned dwellings: Trowbridge – 6,975 Westbury 1,615 Warminster 2,060 Planned Strategic employment sites: Trowbridge – 25ha Westbury – 18.5ha Warminster – 6ha Salisbury – 29ha Productivity impact Total agglomeration gains (enhanced productivity or GDP per worker) all employment sectors: £302 million
Labour supply impacts from more employees coming back into active work following corridor improvements: £1.9 million Corridor ranking 8 out of 15
New employment Total additional direct employment: GVA impact 3,200 jobs
GVA per worker has been applied over a 10 year period: £876 million Corridor ranking 6 out of 15
Housing impact Land value gain: £36.2 million Corridor ranking 12 out of 15
Economic • Overall corridor sequencing of economic impacts – 8 out of 15 Connectivity overall corridor sequence
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Western Gateway Sub-national Transport Body Regional Evidence Base & MRN / LLM Scheme Priorities – July 2019 Corridor E -A46 (Midlands) Summary
Main destinations Tewkesbury served Evesham Stratford-upon-Avon Royal Leamington-Spa Coventry Leicester Brief description: Part of the Strategic Road Network Provides links from M5, M40 and M1 Links East Midlands and provides alternative to the Birmingham Box Strategic Highways England Stakeholders: Midlands Connect Economic role: Key route identified by Midlands Connect A Multi-agency partnership has been established to promote investment in the route Garden Town announced at Ashchurch (10,000 dwellings and up to 120 hectares of employment land. Existing employment Bishop’s Cleeve sites served Tewkesbury & Ashchurch business parks Environmental Issues: Cotswold AONB Tewkesbury AQMA The upper Severn and its tributary rivers in the north west of the Gloucestershire are prone to fluvial flooding. Defences along the Severn estuary have mitigated the risk of the Severn coming overbank but tributary rivers now provide higher risk of flooding Funded transport None schemes Known transport Realignment of M5 J9 and new A46 Ashchurch bypass infrastructure deficits Upgrade of A46 to an Expressway to relieve capacity issues at the ‘Birmingham Motorway Box’ Planned growth Garden Town status award – 10,195 homes, ~120 hectares of employment land (called Ashchurch Garden Town). Currently not part of the adopted Joint Core Strategy (December 2017 – a review is ongoing and is likely to include this strategic allocation. Productivity impact Total agglomeration gains (enhanced productivity or GDP per worker) all employment sectors: £72 million
Labour supply impacts from more employees coming back into active work following corridor improvements: £0.6 million Corridor ranking 14 out of 15
New employment Total additional direct employment: GVA impact 833 jobs
GVA per worker has been applied over a 10 year period: £252 million
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Corridor ranking 15 out of 15
Housing impact Land value gain: £30 million Corridor ranking 13 out of 15
Economic • Overall corridor sequencing of economic impacts – 15 out of 15 Connectivity overall corridor sequence
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Western Gateway Sub-national Transport Body Regional Evidence Base & MRN / LLM Scheme Priorities – July 2019 Corridor F - A40 and Western Network Rail Region Summary
Main destinations Oxford served: Cheltenham Gloucester Monmouthshire Brief description: Part of the Strategic Road Network from M5 J11 to Herefordshire Part of the emerging Major Road Network from M5 J11 to Oxfordshire and the Oxford-Cambridge Innovation Arc Significant growth planned for Oxford, Cheltenham and Gloucester Cotswold Line Strategic Highways England Stakeholders: Transport for Wales & England’s Economic Heartland Network Rail & Great Western Railway Economic role: Corridor forms part of Gloucestershire’s M5 Growth Zone Significant employment growth planned in west Cheltenham as part of the GFirst LEP Cyber Park. Congestion is prevalent on this corridor between Cheltenham and Gloucester, which is only expected to worsen in the future as new housing and employment are delivered. If not mitigated this will increase the incidences of traffic queueing back on to the M5 ‘main line’ on a regular basis at junction 11 Existing employment Planned dwellings: sites served Gloucester (multiple sites) 7,532 Cheltenham (multiple sites) 5,611 North West Cheltenham 4,285 Innsworth 1,300 South Churchdown 1,100 West of Cheltenham 1,100
Planned Strategic employment sites: West Cheltenham - 45ha North West Cheltenham 23.4ha Innsworth - 9.1ha Moreton-in-Marsh 7ha Environmental Issues: Cotswold AONB and Wye Valley AONB Cheltenham AQMA The upper Severn and its tributary rivers in the north west of the Gloucestershire are prone to fluvial flooding. Defences along the Severn estuary have mitigated the risk of the Severn coming overbank but tributary rivers now provide higher risk of flooding Surface water flooding is a risk in Cheltenham and Gloucester Funded transport M5 J11 / A40 Cyber Park access – Cheltenham schemes Gloucester railway station enhancement Cheltenham Spa railway station enhancement Known transport Junction capacity improvements required within Cheltenham including infrastructure deficits A40 London Road, Hales Road, Hewlett Road Benhall and Arle Court Roundabouts
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Junction capacity improvements required within Gloucester including Longford and Highnam Roundabouts Strategic passenger transport route upgrades required to manage links between Cheltenham and Gloucester Planned growth Existing employments sites - Gloucester City Centre Barnwood Business Park Cheltenham Town Centre West of Cheltenham Gloucestershire Airport – Staverton Productivity impact Total agglomeration gains (enhanced productivity or GDP per worker) all employment sectors: NA
Labour supply impacts from more employees coming back into active work following corridor improvements: NA
N/A shown here as even with an enhanced corridor, the likely levels of demand in the future are unlikely to be accommodated (and thus the agglomeration calculations return negative uplifts)
Corridor ranking 15 out of 15
New employment Total additional direct employment: GVA impact 2,440 jobs
GVA per worker has been applied over a 10 year period: £739 million Corridor ranking 7 out of 15
Housing impact Land value gain: £84.1 million Corridor ranking 8 out of 15
Economic • Overall corridor sequencing of economic impacts – 10 out of 15 Connectivity overall corridor sequence
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Western Gateway Sub-national Transport Body Regional Evidence Base & MRN / LLM Scheme Priorities – July 2019 Corridor G - A419/A417/A40/A48 and Western & Wales Network Rail Regions Summary
Main destinations Swindon served: Cirencester Cheltenham Gloucester Chepstow Brief description: Part of the Strategic Road Network from M4 to A48 Highnam (west of Gloucester) Part of the emerging Major Road Network from A48 Highnam to M48 Chepstow Provides alternative route to Severn Crossings Golden Valley Line /Gloucester to Newport Line Strategic Highways England Stakeholders: Transport for Wales England’s Economic Heartland Network Rail Great Western Railway Economic role: Corridor forms part of Gloucestershire’s M5 Growth Zone Significant employment growth planned in west Cheltenham as part of the GFirst LEP Cyber park. Congestion is prevalent on this corridor between Cheltenham and Gloucester, which is only expected to worsen in the future as new housing and employment are delivered. Existing employment Gloucester sites served o City Centre o Barnwood Business Park Cheltenham o Town Centre o West of Cheltenham Gloucestershire Airport – Staverton Environmental Issues: Cotswold AONB Cheltenham AQMA Lydney AQMA Chepstow AQMA (Wales) Areas along the Severn estuary are prone to tidal flooding and the upper Severn and its tributary rivers in the north west of the county are prone to fluvial flooding Funded transport Solution for the A417 – Missing Link schemes Known transport A417 – Missing Link scheme infrastructure deficits Junction capacity improvements required M5 J11a A48 Aylburton Bypass A48 Blakeney Bypass A48 Chepstow Bypass Park and Ride at Highnam Planned growth Planned dwellings:
Gloucester (multiple sites) 7,532
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Cheltenham (multiple sites) 5,611 North West Cheltenham 4,285 Cirencester 2,350 Lydney 1,900 North Brockworth 1,500 Cinderford 1,050
Planned Strategic employment sites:
West Cheltenham - 45ha Lydney - 30ha Cirencester - 9.1 ha Coleford - 6.8ha Cinderford - 6.1ha Newent - 5ha Productivity impact Total agglomeration gains (enhanced productivity or GDP per worker) all employment sectors: £330 million
Labour supply impacts from more employees coming back into active work following corridor improvements: £1.8 million Corridor ranking 7 out of 15
New employment Total additional direct employment: GVA impact 5,356 jobs
GVA per worker has been applied over a 10 year period: £1.6 billion Corridor ranking 2 out of 15
Housing impact Land value gain: £127.3 million Corridor ranking 3 out of 15
Economic • Overall corridor sequencing of economic impacts – 3 out of 15 Connectivity overall corridor sequence
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Western Gateway Sub-national Transport Body Regional Evidence Base & MRN / LLM Scheme Priorities – July 2019 Corridor H - A38/A370 and Western Network Rail Region Summary
Main destinations Gloucester served: Stonehouse Thornbury Filton Bristol Bristol Airport Weston-Super-Mare Bridgwater Brief description: Part of the emerging Major Road Network – within Gloucester, Filton and south of Bristol linking with the M5 The remainder of the route is part of Local Road Network Provides alternative to the M5 Links major employment centres in Gloucestershire and the West of England Cross Country route Strategic Bristol Airport Stakeholders: Highways England Peninsula Transport Network Rail Cross Country Trains Great Western Railway Economic role: Links significant employment sites Alternative route should an incident occur on the M5 Existing employment Bristol City Centre sites served Temple Meads Enterprise Zone South Bristol Weston-Super-Mare M5 Junction 21 Enterprise Area Bristol Airport Filton Enterprise Area Gloucester o City Centre o Barnwood Business Park o Brockworth Business Pak o Waterwells & Olympus Business Park Stonehouse Environmental Issues: Mendip Hills AONB Multiple AQMA’s in Gloucester & Bristol Bristol Clean Air Zone
Funded transport A430 Llanthony Rd and St. Ann Way (Southwest bypass) improvement – schemes Gloucester A38 Crosskeys roundabout capacity improvement
Known transport Junction capacity improvements required within Gloucester including: infrastructure deficits Longford, Walls, St Barnabas, Cole Avenue (possible MRN priority
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scheme Improvements within Bristol urban areas Portishead Rail Access improvements to Bristol Airport. Online capacity improvements on A38 from Churchill Gate to the Airport - Includes Downside Road/A38, elements of dualling and localised widening (possible MRN priority scheme) Planned growth Planned dwellings: Bristol (multiple sites) 16,200 Gloucester (multiple sites) 7,532 Weston-Super-Mare 5,000 Mendip Spring Garden Village 2,675 Nailsea 2,575 Banwell Garden Village 1,900 Buckover 1,500 West of Stonehouse 1,350 Innsworth 1,300 Charfield 1,200
Planned Strategic employment sites: Sharpness - 17 ha Quedgeley East - 13 ha North East Cam - 12 ha Buckover - 11ha West of Stonehouse - 10 ha Backwell - 10.5ha Innsworth - 9.1ha Charfield - 5ha Thornbury - 5ha Banwell - 5ha Productivity impact Total agglomeration gains (enhanced productivity or GDP per worker) all employment sectors: £586 million
Labour supply impacts from more employees coming back into active work following corridor improvements: £4.3 million Corridor ranking 4 out of 15 New employment Total additional direct employment: GVA impact 1,934 jobs
GVA per worker has been applied over a 10 year period: £625 million Corridor ranking 8 out of 15 Housing impact Land value gain: £119.9 million Corridor ranking 4 out of 15 Economic • Overall corridor sequencing of economic impacts – 4 out of 15 Connectivity overall corridor sequence
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Western Gateway Sub-national Transport Body Regional Evidence Base & MRN / LLM Scheme Priorities – July 2019 Corridor I - Key routes that serve the West of England and Western Network Rail Region Summary
Main destinations • Bristol served: • Yate • Chipping Sodbury • Thornbury • Emersons Green • Keynsham • Avonmouth • Long Ashton • Filton Brief description: • Urban area – specific routes need to be agreed with local authorities • Mixture of Strategic, Major and Local highway networks • Significant growth planned • Links major employment centres in the West of England with wider Gateway area • Cross Country route & Great Western Mainline Strategic • Highways England Stakeholders: • Cross Country Trains & Great Western Railway Economic role: • Additional transport capacity is key to unlocking employment land within urban environments this will be delivered through strategic public transport corridors • There is a culture of high car ownership and dependency resulting in acute traffic congestion, particularly during peak periods. • Network capacity is constrained and very vulnerable to incidents, particularly on the Strategic Road Network • Growth of Bristol’s North Fringe as a major employment area has resulted in dispersed trip patterns, difficult to serve by public transport. Existing employment Bath sites served o City centre o Bath Enterprise Zone Bristol o City Centre o Temple Meads Enterprise Zone o South Bristol Weston-Super-Mare Avonmouth/Severnside Enterprise Area M5 Junction 21 Enterprise Area Royal Portbury Dock Bristol Airport Emersons Green Enterprise Area Filton Enterprise Area Environmental Issues: • West of England –AQMAs include: Bristol, Cribbs Causeway, Keynsham, Kingswood, Staple Hill • The West of England–has the following Clean Air Zones: Bristol, Bath and Hambrook Crossroads • Several locations in the West of England are vulnerable to flooding from the sea (storm surges) and/or rivers and surface water.
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Funded transport • Cribbs Patchway MetroBus extension schemes • MetroWest phases 1 and 2 • Filton Bank four tracking • Portway P&R station, • Development of the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan • Temple Quarter Masterplan development work. • Bristol Temple Meads remodelling. • Bristol East rail junction upgrade Known transport • Improvements outlined in Joint Transport Study – schemes include: infrastructure deficits • Mass transit network • MetroBus extensions and a ring of Park and Ride sites • local bus network improvements • New highway (including improved and new motorway junctions and extension to dynamic motorway management) • Local rail investment • Cycling and walking infrastructure.
Planned growth Planned dwellings: Bristol (multiple sites) 16,200 Weston-Super-Mare 5,000 Mendip Spring Garden Village 2,675 Nailsea 2,575 Banwell Garden Village 1,900 Coalpit Heath 1,800 Whitchurch1,600 Buckover 1,500 North Keynsham 1,400 Charfield 1,200 Yate 1,000
Planned Strategic employment sites: Yate – 30ha North Keynsham - 14ha Buckover - 11ha Backwell - 10.5ha Charfield - 5ha Coalpit Heath - 5ha Thornbury - 5ha Productivity impact Total agglomeration gains (enhanced productivity or GDP per worker) all employment sectors: £1.1 billion
Labour supply impacts from more employees coming back into active work following corridor improvements: £6.8 million Corridor ranking 1 out of 15
New employment Total additional direct employment: GVA impact 1,881 jobs
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GVA per worker has been applied over a 10 year period: £615 million Corridor ranking 9 out of 15
Housing impact Land value gain: £68.2 million Corridor ranking 9 out of 15
Economic • Overall corridor sequencing of economic impacts – 5 out of 15 Connectivity overall corridor sequence
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Western Gateway Sub-national Transport Body Regional Evidence Base & MRN / LLM Scheme Priorities – July 2019 Corridor J - A4 and Western Network Rail Region Summary
Main destinations • Chippenham served: • Corsham • Bath • Keynsham • Bristol • Avonmouth Brief description: • Mixture of Strategic, Major and Local highway networks • Significant growth planned • Provides an alternative to the M4 • Great Western Mainline Strategic • Great Western Railway Stakeholders: Economic role: • There is a culture of high car ownership and dependency resulting in acute traffic congestion, particularly during peak periods. Existing employment • Bath City Centre sites served • Bath Enterprise Zone • Bristol City Centre • Temple Meads Enterprise Zone • South Bristol • Chippenham o Parsonage Way o Langley Park o Greenways Business Park o Methuen Park o Bumpers Farm Industrial Estate o Chippenham Gateway • Corsham o Basil Hill (MOD Corsham) o Spring Park o Fiveways Trading Estate o Leafield Industrial Estate Environmental Issues: • World Heritage Site Bath • Cotswold AONB • West of England –AQMAs include: Bath, Bristol, Keynsham and Saltford, • Bath Clean Air Zone • Several locations in the West of England are vulnerable to flooding from the sea (storm surges) and/or rivers and surface water. Funded transport • Chippenham Transport Strategy (part) schemes Known transport • Improvements outlined in Joint Transport Strategy for improvements infrastructure deficits linking Bath and Bristol – schemes include: • Improvements to mass transit routes • MetroBus extensions • Local bus network improvements • Local rail investment • Cycling and walking infrastructure Planned growth Planned dwellings: • Bristol (multiple sites) 16,200
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• Chippenham – 5,090 • North Keynsham 1,400 • Corsham 1,395
Planned Strategic employment sites: • North Keynsham - 14ha
Productivity impact Total agglomeration gains (enhanced productivity or GDP per worker) all employment sectors: £139 million
Labour supply impacts from more employees coming back into active work following corridor improvements: £1.1 million Corridor ranking 13 out of 15
New employment Total additional direct employment: GVA impact 1,857 jobs
GVA per worker has been applied over a 10 year period: £518 million Corridor ranking 10 out of 15
Housing impact Land value gain: £23.7 million Corridor ranking 14 out of 15
Economic • Overall corridor sequencing of economic impacts – 14 out of 15 Connectivity overall corridor sequence
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Western Gateway Sub-national Transport Body Regional Evidence Base & MRN / LLM Scheme Priorities – July 2019 Corridor K - A37/A354 and Western & Wessex Network Rail Regions Summary
Main destinations • Bristol served: • Shepton Mallet • Yeovil • Dorchester • Weymouth • Portland Brief description: • Part of the emerging Major Road Network • Network resilience is a concern • Heart of Wessex line Strategic • Peninsula Transport Stakeholders: • Great Western Railway Economic role: • Dorset LEP focus on improved connectivity to Bristol • ‘Wessex’ area experiences poor strategic connectivity especially on north-south routes • The Western Dorset Economic Growth Strategy identifies the Portland- Weymouth-Dorchester economic growth zones • Rail overcrowding is also an issue on the Heart of Wessex line, which affects links to Weymouth and Dorchester. This is further accentuated by the low service frequency Existing employment • Dorchester City Centre sites served • Weymouth & Portland Port • South Bristol • Somer Valley Enterprise Zone Environmental Issues: • Mendip AONB • Dorset AONB • There are a number of locations where flooding may result in temporary closure and diversions, possibly for several days including: Heart of Wessex line at Wrackleford, A37 Ash Hill and A37 South of Yeovil and Heart of Wessex line • West of England AQMAs include: Bristol, Farrington Gurney and Temple Cloud Funded transport • None schemes Known transport • Corridor improvements required to improve north-south connectivity infrastructure deficits by road and rail • Improved travel interchange at Weymouth • Improved road access to Portland Port • Line speed improvements on the Heart of Wessex line and signalling improvements and passing loop at a suitable location Planned growth Planned dwellings: • Bristol (multiple sites) 16,200 • Dorchester 4,000 • Chickerell 1,800 • Whitchurch1,600 • Weymouth 1,500
Planned Strategic employment sites: • Dorchester - 17ha
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• Weymouth - 9.6ha • Sherborne - 6.2ha Productivity impact Total agglomeration gains (enhanced productivity or GDP per worker) all employment sectors: £234 million
Labour supply impacts from more employees coming back into active work following corridor improvements: £2.5 million Corridor ranking 10 out of 15
New employment Total additional direct employment: GVA impact 1,236 jobs
GVA per worker has been applied over a 10 year period: £328 million Corridor ranking 13 out of 15
Housing impact Land value gain: £96.7 million Corridor ranking 7 out of 15
Economic • Overall corridor sequencing of economic impacts – 10 out of 15 Connectivity overall corridor sequence
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Western Gateway Sub-national Transport Body Regional Evidence Base & MRN / LLM Scheme Priorities – July 2019 Corridor L - A303 and Western & Wessex Network Rail Regions Summary
Main destinations • Basingstoke served: • Andover • Amesbury • Salisbury • Westbury • Yeovil • Exeter Brief description: • Part of the Strategic Road Network • Strategically important link to peninsula • West of England Line • Berks and Hants Line Strategic • Highways England Stakeholders: • Peninsula Transport • Great Western Railway • South Western Railway Economic role: • Corridor impacts Salisbury - A303 Growth Zone’s economic base, leveraging the opportunities provided by the presence of the Military, Life Sciences and Defence Technologies specialisms at Porton, and building on its world class reputation as a visitor destination. Existing employment • Salisbury sites served o Churchfields Industrial Estate o Old Sarum o High Post/Chemring • Westbury o Hawke Ridge Business Park o West Wiltshire Trading Estate o Northacre Trading Estate • Amesbury o Solstice Park o Boscombe Down o Porton, Amesbury
Environmental Issues: • World Heritage Site Stonehenge & Stonehenge and Avebury • Cranbourne Chase AONB • Blackdown Hills AONB (Peninsula) • Devon AONB (Peninsula) • A303 Surface water risk east of Mere and around Chicklade • AQMAs in Salisbury and Westbury Funded transport • A303 Stonehenge (Amesbury to Berwick Down) schemes • Lengthening peak services on Paddington-Newbury-Taunton route
Known transport • Ongoing upgrade of A303 to an Expressway infrastructure deficits • West of England line redoubling (to facilitate additional services and a diversionary route West Planned growth Planned dwellings: • Salisbury – 6,060 • Amesbury 2,785 • Gillingham 2,200
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• Tidworth 1,750 • Westbury 1,615
Planned Strategic employment sites: • Salisbury – 29ha • Westbury – 18.5 ha • Amesbury – 17ha • Gillingham – 15 ha
Productivity impact Total agglomeration gains (enhanced productivity or GDP per worker) all employment sectors: £353 million
Labour supply impacts from more employees coming back into active work following corridor improvements: £1.4 million Corridor ranking 5 out of 15
New employment Total additional direct employment: GVA impact 1,320 jobs
GVA per worker has been applied over a 10 year period: £351 million Corridor ranking 12 out of 15
Housing impact Land value gain: £19.6 million Corridor ranking 15 out of 15
Economic • Overall corridor sequencing of economic impacts – 12 out of 15 Connectivity overall corridor sequence Despite the A303 not ranking among the Western Gateway’s most economically important strategic corridors, the route is of vital importance to the South West Peninsula. As part of the production of the Strategic Transport Plan the full impacts of the strategic corridors will be considered through a series of strategic corridor studies. It is anticipated at this stage that full impacts of the A303/A358/A30 corridor will be fully understood.
The following figures have been extracted from the ‘A303/A358/A30 Corridor Improvement Economic Impact Study’ (2013) and subsequent update (2019 produced by the South West Peninsula STB:
• £40bn boost to region’s productivity (including £11.54bn in Western Gateway) • Create 21,400 jobs • £7.2bn employment related economic impacts • £8.6bn per year increased visitor expenditure • Transport benefits of £1.9bn • Improved transport resilience
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Western Gateway Sub-national Transport Body Regional Evidence Base & MRN / LLM Scheme Priorities – July 2019 Corridor M - A338/A354 Summary
Main destinations • Amesbury served: • Porton • Salisbury • Blandford Forum • Dorchester • Weymouth • Portland Brief description: • Part of the Local Road Network • Network resilience is a concern
Strategic • Port of Portland Stakeholders: • Great Western Railway • South Western Railway Economic role: • ‘Wessex’ area experiences poor strategic connectivity especially on north-south routes • There are highway capacity issues in Salisbury Existing employment • Salisbury sites served o Churchfields Industrial Estate o Old Sarum o High Post/Chemring Environmental Issues: • Cranbourne – AONB • Dorset AONB • Salisbury AQMA (including A36 Churchill Way) • Salisbury is likely to have the highest risk of prolonged disruption because of flooding Funded transport • Salisbury Transport Strategy schemes Known transport • Traffic delays and environmental impacts on approaches to Salisbury infrastructure deficits and at junctions within Salisbury area. Capacity improvements identified for: • Four key junctions (Harnham Gyratory, Exeter Street Roundabout, College Roundabout and Park Wall junction) on the A338 and A3094 through Salisbury) (possible MRN priority scheme). • Single track section on West of England Line (west of Salisbury) Planned growth Planned dwellings: • Salisbury – 6,060 • Dorchester 4,000 • Blandford (Forum and St. Mary) 1,200
Planned Strategic employment sites: • Churchill - 7.4ha
Productivity impact Total agglomeration gains (enhanced productivity or GDP per worker) all employment sectors: £181 million
Labour supply impacts from more employees coming back into active work following corridor improvements:
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£2.3 million Corridor ranking 12 out of 15
New employment Total additional direct employment: GVA impact 1,528 jobs
GVA per worker has been applied over a 10 year period: £408 million Corridor ranking 11 out of 15
Housing impact Land value gain: £63.5 million Corridor ranking 11 out of 15
Economic • Overall corridor sequencing of economic impacts – 13 out of 15 Connectivity overall corridor sequence
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Western Gateway Sub-national Transport Body Regional Evidence Base & MRN / LLM Scheme Priorities – July 2019 Corridor N - A31 / A35 and Wessex Network Rail Region Summary
Main destinations • Southampton served: • Christchurch • Bournemouth • Poole • Dorchester • Weymouth • Portland • Exeter Brief description: • Part of the Strategic Road Network • Network resilience is a concern • Many sections of A31 and A35 are single carriageway and there are many congestion pinch points • Growth corridor • Seasonal fluctuations in travel demand impact resulting from tourist activity can also impact journey time reliability Strategic • Highways England Stakeholders: • Transport for the South East • Solent Transport • Peninsula Transport Economic role: • Dorset LEP focussed on improved connectivity to London/south east and north/south linking to the Midlands and far south west • Dorset experiences poor strategic connectivity • There is Localised congestion in South East Dorset and on the Weymouth/Dorchester corridor which impacts on strategic traffic on the A31/A35 at peak times. . Existing employment • Bournemouth sites served o Town Centre o Wallisdown o Lansdowne o Wessex Fields • Poole o Town Centre o Poole Port o Talbot Village o Poole Trade Park o Arena Business Park o Branksome Business Centre o Mannings Heath Industrial Estate o Nuffield Industrial estate • Christchurch Town Centre • Bournemouth Airport • Dorchester City Centre • Weymouth & Portland Port • Dorset Innovation Park (Enterprise Zone) • Ferndown & Uddens Industrial Estate • Holton Heath Industrial Estate Environmental Issues: • New Forest National Park • Dorset AONB
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• Blackdown Hills AONB (Peninsula) • Devon AONB (Peninsula) • There are a number of locations where flooding may result in temporary closure and diversions, possibly for several days including: A35 Dorchester bypass and A35 Bridport, Chideock and Charmouth (surface flooding issues) • Dorset – AQMAs include:A35 (SRN) Chideock West Dorset and A354 Rodwell Road Weymouth Funded transport • Widening A31 at Ringwood schemes • Bridport infrastructure improvement • CP8 digital signalling (Basingstoke to Weymouth) • Overhead electrification by 2043 Known transport • A31 dualling infrastructure deficits • Improved road access to Portland Port, Port of Poole, and Bournemouth Airport • Dorset Metro (Wareham- Poole-Bournemouth- Christchurch- Southampton high frequency service) • South West Mainline priorities include redoubling of track at Moreton, and on the approach to Weymouth Station • Improved Electricity supply along the whole Poole to Weymouth section of the SWML. • Improved Travel Interchange at Weymouth and Poole station upgrade • Dorset Metro (Wareham- Poole-Bournemouth- Christchurch- Southampton high frequency service) Planned growth Planned dwellings: • Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole (multiple sites) - 6,900 • Dorchester 4,000 • Poole Town Centre 3,200 • Bournemouth Town Centre 2,000 • Crossways & Moreton 2,000 • Chickerell 1,800 • North Poole 1,700 • Weymouth 1,500
Planned Strategic employment sites: • Dorset Innovation Park - 50ha • Poole - 37ha • Holton Heath - 35 ha • Ferndown Industrial Estate (Blunts Farm) - 30 ha • Dorchester - 17ha • Bournemouth Airport - 15ha • Woolsbridge – 13 ha • Weymouth - 9.6ha • Wessex Fields – 6ha • Bridport - 5ha Productivity impact Total agglomeration gains (enhanced productivity or GDP per worker) all employment sectors: £226 million
Labour supply impacts from more employees coming back into active work following corridor improvements:
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£2.5 million Corridor ranking 11 out of 15
New employment Total additional direct employment: GVA impact 3,839 jobs
GVA per worker has been applied over a 10 year period: £1.03 billion Corridor ranking 4 out of 15
Housing impact Land value gain: £115.8 million Corridor ranking 5 out of 15
Economic • Overall corridor sequencing of economic impacts – 6 out of 15 Connectivity overall corridor sequence
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Western Gateway Sub-national Transport Body Regional Evidence Base & MRN / LLM Scheme Priorities – July 2019 Corridor O - key routes that serve the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole area and Wessex Network Rail Region Summary
Main destinations • Christchurch served: • Bournemouth • Wimborne/Ferndown • Poole Brief description: • Urban area – specific routes need to be agreed with local authorities • Part of the emerging Major Road Network • Multi-centred, high car dependant conurbation with increasing traffic congestion and little opportunity for development of new road routes • Large number of strategic east/west movements & lack of orbital routes Strategic • Highways England Stakeholders: • Transport for the South East & Peninsula Transport Economic role: • The inability to transport goods and personnel efficiently due to congestion is having a major detrimental effect on productivity • Dorset LEP focus on improved sustainable transport use • Low traffic speeds and increasing journey times on the main approaches to the conurbation, in the peak periods • Poor connections to the national strategic road network, with unreliable journey times, and relatively slow rail journey times to London, seriously affecting economic performance. Existing employment • Existing employments sites - sites served • Bournemouth o Town Centre o Lansdowne o Wallisdown o Wessex Fields • Poole o Town Centre o Poole Port o Talbot Village o Poole Trade Park o Arena Business Park o Branksome Business Centre o Mannings Heath Industrial Estate o Nuffield Industrial estate • Christchurch Town Centre • Bournemouth Airport • Holton Heath Industrial Estate Environmental Issues: • Poole and Christchurch centres and the South West Mainline in Poole, and the Holes Bay Road area at risk of sea level rises • Surface water flooding from flash flood events is a significant problem along key corridors which follow natural contour boundaries. • AQMAs - Commercial Road, Parkstone, Poole (on the A35 Poole to Christchurch corridor), Ashley Road B3061, Poole and Cooper Dean Roundabout, Bournemouth (on the A3060 North Poole/North Funded transport • Bournemouth International Growth Programme schemes • Port of Poole Infrastructure package
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• Lansdowne improvement package • West Parley infrastructure improvements
Known transport • Key transport corridors that require urgent investment: infrastructure deficits • Wimborne/Ferndown to Bournemouth; • Wimborne/Ferndown to Poole; • Wimborne/Ferndown to Christchurch • Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch; • North Poole/Bournemouth; • Wallisdown Road; • Wareham to Poole. • Poole lacks a high quality, multi modal interchange. • Bournemouth has a Rail and bus interchange however the destinations by bus are limited and the interchange is not in town centre. Planned growth Planned dwellings: • Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole (multiple sites) - 6,900 • Poole Town Centre 3,200 • Bournemouth Town Centre 2,000 • North Poole 1,700 • Roeshot Hill 1,400
Planned Strategic employment sites: • Poole - 37ha • Holton Heath - 35 ha • Ferndown Industrial Estate (Blunts Farm) - 30 ha • Bournemouth Airport - 15ha • Wessex Fields – 6ha Productivity impact Total agglomeration gains (enhanced productivity or GDP per worker) all employment sectors: £291 million
Labour supply impacts from more employees coming back into active work following corridor improvements: £3.4 million Corridor ranking 9 out of 15
New employment Total additional direct employment: GVA impact 3,387 jobs
GVA per worker has been applied over a 10 year period: £982 million Corridor ranking 5 out of 15
Housing impact Land value gain: £97.6 million Corridor ranking 6 out of 15
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